Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell is a United States Army post on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky. It is west of Clarksville and northwest of Nashville.
| Fort Campbell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky | ||||
Shoulder sleeve insignia of units stationed at Fort Campbell | ||||
| Type | Army post | |||
| Site information | ||||
| Controlled by | U.S. Army | |||
| Site history | ||||
| Built | 1941 | |||
| In use | 1941–Present | |||
| Garrison information | ||||
| Garrison | 101st Airborne Division 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment 5th Special Forces Group | |||
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The fort is named after William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee.[1]
References
- A History of Fort Campbell, Kentucky Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, 14 August 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
Other websites
- Fort Campbell Home Page Archived 1998-05-02 at the Wayback Machine - official site
- Fort Campbell at the Open Directory Project
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